The path to Machu Picchu was long, rocky and... well, full of llamas, all blocking the way. "Why do they always walk in slow motion?" complained Peruso, trying to get Wolli to keep going.
Wolli, who was chewing away unimpressed, seemed in no hurry at all. "Because they are philosophers," said Perusa seriously, "They think about life... and about whether grass tastes better than corn."
"Well, I'm thinking about food," Peruso replied, "Can't the Sapa Inca just invent a fast llama?"
But then, after many hours (and several failed attempts to speed Wolli up by shoving corn in his face), they reached the vast, cloud-covered terraces of Machu Picchu. The city lay before them, a labyrinth of stone reaching up to the sky.
“It looks almost like my corn maze!” Peruso marveled. “Only without corn.”
“And with huge stones,” Perusa added.
But they had barely set foot in the city when something wild happened. A loud rumble sounded and out of the clouds jumped... a puma! The guardian of Machu Picchu! The two screamed and ran in different directions.
“I thought this was a peaceful place!” Peruso gasped as he ran away with Wolli in tow.
"Maybe he's just hungry!" shouted Perusa, who was faster and had a great idea. She pulled a handful of corn out of her pocket and threw it in the air. "Here, Puma! Eat this!"
The puma stopped, sniffed and... turned away. "Well, I guess he doesn't like corn," Perusa said. "You're lucky, Peruso."
Peruso gasped with relief, but then he stumbled over something big and hard - a door! "Hey, look, that's a secret door! It must lead us to the treasure!" he shouted excitedly.
The two opened the door and found behind it... a secret kitchen! With huge corn fields and everything that made an Inca child's heart beat faster. "This is the real treasure of Machu Picchu!" Peruso exclaimed happily. "Corn in all its variations!"
But before they could help themselves to the corn, Pachacútec himself suddenly appeared. "You have discovered the treasure of Machu Picchu," he said, winking at them. "But be careful - the real treasure is not what you see, but what you learn!"
“And what do we learn from this?” asked Peruso.
“That llamas are slow philosophers and corn isn’t everything in life?” Perusa replied.
"Perhaps," said the Sapa Inca with a smile. "Perhaps also that adventures always happen when you least expect them."
“Or that you should always have a snack with you,” Peruso added, grabbing a corn cake.
And so the adventure continued – with pumas, llamas, secret doors and lots of corn, while Perusa and Peruso learned more about the world of the Incas... in their own funny and chaotic way!